£5m payout over ambulance delay

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Ambulance staff 'at breaking point'
Ambulance staff 'at breaking point'

%VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%A scientist who was left brain damaged after waiting more than 100 minutes for an ambulance has been awarded a compensation package worth £5 million.

When Caren Paterson collapsed in the bedroom of her flat in Islington, north London, in October 2007, her boyfriend called 999 reporting that she was unconscious, breathing abnormally and her lips had turned blue.

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